GWYN

I am a husk seeking oblivion.

Broken after the death of her parents, Gwyn Parsons self-medicates with alcohol and skin contact. She doesn't forge real connections, and she's lost sight of who she even is. Prompted by the memory of a past betrayal, she decides to be vulnerable. Allowing a friend to coordinate a matchmaking photo shoot with a stranger, Gwyn takes a step toward something dangerous and unpredictable.

Something she can't control.

ROMAN

Her heart is better off in a box than in my hands.

Roman's search for his brother's killer, murdered while searching for the last two vampire hunters, has brought him to Gwyn Parsons. Where his brother and those before him have failed, Roman will not. He knows everything there is to know about Gwyn and her father, far more than she seems to. Not convinced that the walking disaster of a person he's stalked these last few months could have had anything to do with his brother's death, he seeks answers by getting closer. When his patience pays off and he finds himself posing for photographs with the last living vampire hunter, her apple pie scent and body in his hands are a temptation he doesn't expect. Ordered to bring back her heart to avenge his brother’s death, Roman decides to take matters into his own hands.

When Gwyn's inner thoughts are silenced by the inimitable Roman Cygnus, she is drawn to him in a way she fears. And when Roman starts to question his loyalty because of her, he knows a decision must be made.

But will either of them survive it?